Food Prices Today in Central Java: Salt Up, Red Chili Down

Prices of several food commodities in Central Java today were observed to be lower than yesterday.

Citing data from the National Food Agency's (Bapanas) food price panel on Sunday (November 16, 2025) at 09:53 AM WIB, out of 25 commodities, 11 increased and 14 decreased.

Commodities with increased prices include consumption salt, pure beef, medium rice, broiler chicken meat, and frozen buffalo meat (imported from abroad).

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Meanwhile, prices of several commodities such as skipjack tuna, milkfish, fresh buffalo meat (local), red cayenne pepper, and consumption sugar decreased compared to yesterday's prices.

Consumption salt saw the highest increase of Rp632 (5.93%) to Rp11,295 per kg. Meanwhile, the price of large red chili experienced the deepest decrease of Rp4,756 (9.56%) to Rp45,000 per kg.

Here is the complete list of prices for 25 food commodities in Central Java according to Bapanas on November 16, 2025, at 09:53 AM WIB.

1. Fresh Buffalo Meat (Local): Rp141,667 per kg (decreased 1.88%)
2. Pure Beef: Rp132,200 per kg (increased 1.65%)
3. Frozen Buffalo Meat (Imported): Rp110,000 per kg (increased 1.88%)
4. Curly Red Chili: Rp48,136 per kg (increased 0.3%)
5. Large Red Chili: Rp45,000 per kg (decreased 9.56%)
6. Shallots: Rp38,905 per kg (decreased 1.85%)
7. Broiler Chicken Meat: Rp36,304 per kg (increased 0.05%)
8. Mackerel: Rp35,696 per kg (increased 4.55%)
9. Milkfish: Rp33,391 per kg (decreased 0.67%)
10. Garlic Bulb: Rp31,611 per kg (decreased 2.53%)
11. Skipjack Tuna: Rp30,522 per kg (decreased 4.91%)
12. Broiler Chicken Eggs: Rp28,120 per kg (decreased 1.17%)
13. Red Cayenne Pepper: Rp27,955 per kg (decreased 2.48%)
14. Packaged Cooking Oil: Rp19,657 per liter (increased 0.09%)
15. Bulk Cooking Oil: Rp17,356 per liter (decreased 2.4%)
16. Minyakita: Rp16,695 per liter (decreased 0.93%)
17. Consumption Sugar: Rp16,587 per kg (decreased 0.69%)
18. Premium Rice: Rp14,556 per kg (decreased 0.59%)
19. Medium Rice: Rp12,913 per kg (increased 0.21%)
20. SPHP Rice: Rp11,971 per kg (decreased 0.65%)
21. Packaged Wheat Flour: Rp11,870 per kg (increased 0.65%)
22. Consumption Salt: Rp11,295 per kg (increased 5.93%)
23. Dry Soybean (Imported): Rp9,660 per kg (increased 0.95%)
24. Bulk Wheat Flour: Rp8,700 per kg (increased 0.74%)
25. Farmer-level Corn: Rp6,519 per kg (decreased 0.23%)

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